If you arrived here because you are thinking about joining a running club then you have come to the right place. Why not come along to our Wednesday night training sessions and try out our friendly welcoming Club. Take out membership and enjoy the experience of Club running. See the Members' Page for details.
Our popular race through the scenic countryside of Allesley and Corley is
open to athletes of all abilities. For its tenth anniversary year the
2012 event is supporting Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance
as well as Allesley Scouts and the Annual Allesley Festival. As usual, there
is a Fun Run for the under-15s.
For more details and how to enter go to our 10k web page
Back on the regular course, the May race saw a record turnout of 61 runners,
including our regular welcome guests from Sphinx, and a clutch of PB's.
Mark Baker won the men's race with a PB, and leads the
table going into Race 3. The ladies' race was won by Sharon Hixon,
but Claire Rowntree ran a PB and now heads the ladies'
table.
The next race
is on Wednesday 6 June.
More details Provisional
results
Training for a marathon? Or maybe you are training
for just half that distance. Either way, you can follow one of Clive
Horton's marathon and half-marathon training schedules. At the core of each
marathon schedule is a long run starting at the Jag Club on Sunday mornings
at 9am.
You can contact Clive by email at runadvisor@northbrookac.org.uk
to let him know your interest and to get your personal plan.
Read Clive's blog
Go to Clive's marathon training plans half-marathon
training plans
Northbrook Road Race Champs
The Road Race tables are compiled from Summer Handicap results, and from results
of qualifying races sent in to the web site. At the year end Amanda Deavy
and Richard Hodge were at the top of their respective tables. Mark Baker
and Pete Fellows
led the men's vets tables, with Rebecca Smith and Sarah McNaney
at the top of the ladies' vets tables.
Northbrook Road Race Champs
2011
Northbrook Nutrition Night
Club members were given the low-down on sports nutrition and recovery
at a special presentation by Tom Barnden of Lucozade. Tom kindly
provided summaries of his presentation - you can read them by following
the links below:
Nutrition
Recovery
Recent Race Results
Follow the exploits and successes of Club members by checking out
these
Recent Northbrook race results
Runner of the Month
A bottle of wine to Liz Pharoah for good performances at
Reading and Road Relays.
Previous Runners of the Month
Committee Meetings
The committee meets every month to discuss Club matters and things that affect you. Read the minutes of the committee meeting on 2 April.
Looking for a running event a bit out of the ordinary, offering a particular challenge, is especially scenic or maybe in some remote or interesting location? Then check out the event details sent in to us from time to time by other cubs wanting your entries.
Northbook Results from London Marathon
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Category wins for Northbrook at Regency 10k
Northbrook members turned out in force with a 26-strong contingent finishing
the 2012 staging of the Leamington Spa Regency 10k on 15 April.
Category winners Amanda Deavy (FV35) and Robert Simpson (MV60)
were joined by Rebbeca Smith (3rd FV35) and Anne Hughes
(3rd FV55).
Results
Sam Wins Place in GB Team
Northbrook's Sam Anderson secured a place in the Great Britain Age Group Team to compete at the World Duathlon Championships in France in September. A first place in the F25-29 category at the Oulton Park Duathlon on 25 March qualified her for a GB Team vest. Result
Bronze for Mark Baker in Welsh Ultra Champs
Returning to the Barry track to defend the Ultra-Distance title he won last
year, Mark Baker was appearing for the sixth time in
this 161-lap track event on 4 March. In less than ideal conditions that knocked
out 40 percent of the starters, Mark completed the race in 5h:14m:28s to record
a nine-second PB, winning him the bronze medal in the Welsh Ultra-Distance
Champs and the 1st Mv45 slot.
Also making an appearance, for the second time, was Dave Halford who finished in 9th place.
Report and results
Dave's Trip Up The Thames
A journey from Richmond to Oxford taking in 100 miles of scenery along the Thames with views of lots of expensive
looking houses and luxury yachts sounds the ideal way to spend a weekend. Dave Fawkner, however,
did it the hard way by running the distance through the night in rain, hail, and eventually weather so bad that
the organisers decided to abandon the race just after he had reached the finish in 24h:44m.
Read Dave's report
Northbrook Awards Night
Veteran Club athlete Jack Langman presented the awards at Northbrook's Annual
Awards Night on 21 January. A glittering evening thanks particularly to those
who sparkled in their bronze, silver or gold. To complement the many worthy
award winners, there was a presidential DVD, super singing from Kevin, some
interesting dancing, scrumptious hot food and of course a top quality Bob speech.
Winners of the best outfit prize were Joe and Kay Kelly (pictured).
All in all a great success, and work has already begun to make next years even
better.
Awards winners and photos ....
Warwickshire Road Race League
A series of 10 middle-distance road races starting with the Regency 10k on
15 April and finishing with the Rugby 10 mile in September. Nineteen clubs
competed in the 2011 league, with Northbrook Ladies finishing in 3rd place
and Northbrook Men in 4th. A summary of Northbrook’s
top 10 finishers and categories is available via the News
Archive.
For more info go to the WRRL
web site
Go to Northbrook WRRL web page
Get the latest issue
of the WCAA Newsletter
If you haven't yet come across this web site you might like to check it out. There's lots of useful stuff there, all beautifully presented, and there's a delightful animated video that's both amusing and inspiring.
Visit the Good Run Guide web site Watch the video
Training Schedules
Wednesday night training schedules for the next few weeks
Northbrook training sessions
Club diary
Current Northbrook club diary of club running events
Coventry parkrun
Weekly Free 5km Timed Run
It's free but you must register in advance - go to Coventry parkrun web site